My phone reboots even when listening to music or browsing to facebook , phone is rooted and hotspot hacked. Please help. Thanks.
Need to be more specific about when it reboots.
Michael_P said:
Need to be more specific about when it reboots.
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It's like a soft reset but the samsung logo from the beginning doesn't show up, everything restarts like the network signal etc. Am I making sense?
It's like its refreshing the whole screen disconnecting everything (network, music if your playing, facebook if you're logged in etc) everything that is open or on the screen blanks out then goes back.
Does it always reboot when you running the same Apps or is it random? Because you need to be more specific about what you doing when it happens because right now it could be any of a hundred things.
Michael_P said:
Does it always reboot when you running the same Apps or is it random? Because you need to be more specific about what you doing when it happens because right now it could be any of a hundred things.
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Doing it random.
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Hi,
I have looked with the search, but nothing even close comes up....
(prove me wrong, I'll be happy to find the solution)
Basically, my lock screen and my today screens have stopped shutting down after the preset time?
I have tried changing the time but nothing, I sit watching the screen like some sort of muppet, mentally counting down a minute or 30 seconds to see if it will shut down but nothing.
Not a problem over the bank holiday weekend as the phone also gets a decent rest, but come Tuesday when all hell lets loose I will need all the battery I can have, and a screen that stays on 24/7 isn't going to help!
Ta.
try phone reboot! i had that problem when i had an application running in background which did not allow auto-screen-off
felikz said:
try phone reboot! i had that problem when i had an application running in background which did not allow auto-screen-off
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What was the application? Not had the issue as yet but if it happens it would be nice to know what to look out for.
felikz said:
try phone reboot! i had that problem when i had an application running in background which did not allow auto-screen-off
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Hi,
I know i should RTFM , but how do you reboot? and it this like like a hard reset/ soft reste for a Winmo phone? And will it delete anything?
Sorry to be a noobie.
i just meant to shutdown the phone and then turn it on ;-)
if you have the problem resulting of a background app which deactivates screen-off, this will solve it
Tried searching around for this but hopefully someone can help.
I've got an S3 running stock 4.0.4 firmware. I'm having 2 very frustrating issues with this phone:
1) At first I thought this was a Swiftkey issue but happens with stock keyboard. when i go into the messaging app occasionally, when pressing keys on the keyboard - nothing appears. I have to quit messaging app and go back in.
2) another very annoying issue is when in the phone book and pressing the green phone button to dial someone, sometimes it will take 10 seconds for the phone to make a call. If i happen to press it more than once during that 10 seconds, it will make the call, and say for example the other person has picked it up, the dialler will then place another call - to the same person! The other person tends to say - "why are you putting me on hold and calling me again!?"
Very annoying and not sure what to do. Really do not want to do a restore.
5aq1b said:
Tried searching around for this but hopefully someone can help.
I've got an S3 running stock 4.0.4 firmware. I'm having 2 very frustrating issues with this phone:
1) At first I thought this was a Swiftkey issue but happens with stock keyboard. when i go into the messaging app occasionally, when pressing keys on the keyboard - nothing appears. I have to quit messaging app and go back in.
2) another very annoying issue is when in the phone book and pressing the green phone button to dial someone, sometimes it will take 10 seconds for the phone to make a call. If i happen to press it more than once during that 10 seconds, it will make the call, and say for example the other person has picked it up, the dialler will then place another call - to the same person! The other person tends to say - "why are you putting me on hold and calling me again!?"
Very annoying and not sure what to do. Really do not want to do a restore.
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The least invasive solution will be to clear the cache for the all the apps affected and reboot.
Or just wipe cache from recovery and see where it goes.
sammy.sung.me.a.song said:
The least invasive solution will be to clear the cache for the all the apps affected and reboot.
Or just wipe cache from recovery and see where it goes.
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thanks i'll give that a bash.
Was also considering just flashing CM10 jelly bean?
Flash cm10 or Sammy jb
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5aq1b said:
Tried searching around for this but hopefully someone can help.
I've got an S3 running stock 4.0.4 firmware. I'm having 2 very frustrating issues with this phone:
1) At first I thought this was a Swiftkey issue but happens with stock keyboard. when i go into the messaging app occasionally, when pressing keys on the keyboard - nothing appears. I have to quit messaging app and go back in.
2) another very annoying issue is when in the phone book and pressing the green phone button to dial someone, sometimes it will take 10 seconds for the phone to make a call. If i happen to press it more than once during that 10 seconds, it will make the call, and say for example the other person has picked it up, the dialler will then place another call - to the same person! The other person tends to say - "why are you putting me on hold and calling me again!?"
Very annoying and not sure what to do. Really do not want to do a restore.
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Reduce animation scale to 0.5
go to setting>developer option>animation scales
You can also set no animation so that phone will response in less time
5aq1b said:
thanks i'll give that a bash.
Was also considering just flashing CM10 jelly bean?
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How is that very different from a restore?
5aq1b said:
Tried searching around for this but hopefully someone can help.
I've got an S3 running stock 4.0.4 firmware. I'm having 2 very frustrating issues with this phone:
1) At first I thought this was a Swiftkey issue but happens with stock keyboard. when i go into the messaging app occasionally, when pressing keys on the keyboard - nothing appears. I have to quit messaging app and go back in.
2) another very annoying issue is when in the phone book and pressing the green phone button to dial someone, sometimes it will take 10 seconds for the phone to make a call. If i happen to press it more than once during that 10 seconds, it will make the call, and say for example the other person has picked it up, the dialler will then place another call - to the same person! The other person tends to say - "why are you putting me on hold and calling me again!?"
Very annoying and not sure what to do. Really do not want to do a restore.
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Unfortunatlly mate, i think ur having problem with this stock rom did you try to factory reset your device to eliminate those bugs. or flash another Rom because this is definitly a Rom problem.
sammy.sung.me.a.song said:
How is that very different from a restore?
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it's not lol but at least this way i'll gain as well by upgrading to jelly bean - 2 birds with 1 stone etc etc
kachrukamble said:
Reduce animation scale to 0.5
go to setting>developer option>animation scales
You can also set no animation so that phone will response in less time
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i'll try this as well mate - thanks!
Same issues that I'm facing
I'm also facing the same issue.... Long black screen pause when exiting or moving from one app to other. Very very frustrating ....
Tried all the trick in world including those that mentioned below.... Will be returning the device and going for a iPhone 5 !
Same exact issue, any results?
5aq1b said:
Tried searching around for this but hopefully someone can help.
I've got an S3 running stock 4.0.4 firmware. I'm having 2 very frustrating issues with this phone:
1) At first I thought this was a Swiftkey issue but happens with stock keyboard. when i go into the messaging app occasionally, when pressing keys on the keyboard - nothing appears. I have to quit messaging app and go back in.
2) another very annoying issue is when in the phone book and pressing the green phone button to dial someone, sometimes it will take 10 seconds for the phone to make a call. If i happen to press it more than once during that 10 seconds, it will make the call, and say for example the other person has picked it up, the dialler will then place another call - to the same person! The other person tends to say - "why are you putting me on hold and calling me again!?"
Very annoying and not sure what to do. Really do not want to do a restore.
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I am having the exact same issue with my S3. Sometimes calls take up to two minutes before they register. The phone remains completely responsive the whole time, and I can try to dial a bunch of different numbers (doesn't matter if I dial a number directly or if I quick dial a favorite or whatever). Suddenly, two minutes later it appears to register that, "Oh, I'm a phone!" and then dials all of the numbers all at once. Two minutes is a very long time to wait for the damn thing to dial. Especially when some iPhone user is sitting next to me going, "Seriously? You put up with that?" It is embarrassing.
I am also on the stock android 4.0.4 (verizon) and I would really really rather not have to wipe it clean and re-install.
The rest of the phone is fast (I am using go launcher) with the exception of the "Negative Colors" widget and the "Assistive light" widget. Both of those act just like the dialer. I hit the widgets and sometimes nothing happens for a minute. Again, the phone is completely responsive the whole time and I can hit these buttons over and over. Suddenly it all registers and then my screen flashes between normal and negative about a hundred times (once for each time I hit the button in frustration), and the led flash strobes on and off (again, once for each time I tried to get it to work).
This does not happen every single time though. Sometimes it behaves properly. Other times, it is super slow, but once it reacts, then I can make calls quickly until I let it sit untouched for a while. Then it gets all slow again.
I thought I'd try flushing the cache, but I cannot seem to find what cache I should flush. I can't find a dialer app, and the only other app that looks appropriate is the Dialer Storage app, but it does not have a cache I can flush.
Can anyone point me to a diagnostic tool that I can use to determine just what the phone is doing at this time? I have tried emailing myself the logs using log viewer, but they are huge and I can't seem to find anything there that I can sink my teeth into. Any help would be appreciated. My iPhone owning friends are becoming insufferable.
bvz2000 said:
I am having the exact same issue with my S3. Sometimes calls take up to two minutes before they register. The phone remains completely responsive the whole time, and I can try to dial a bunch of different numbers (doesn't matter if I dial a number directly or if I quick dial a favorite or whatever). Suddenly, two minutes later it appears to register that, "Oh, I'm a phone!" and then dials all of the numbers all at once. Two minutes is a very long time to wait for the damn thing to dial. Especially when some iPhone user is sitting next to me going, "Seriously? You put up with that?" It is embarrassing.
I am also on the stock android 4.0.4 (verizon) and I would really really rather not have to wipe it clean and re-install.
The rest of the phone is fast (I am using go launcher) with the exception of the "Negative Colors" widget and the "Assistive light" widget. Both of those act just like the dialer. I hit the widgets and sometimes nothing happens for a minute. Again, the phone is completely responsive the whole time and I can hit these buttons over and over. Suddenly it all registers and then my screen flashes between normal and negative about a hundred times (once for each time I hit the button in frustration), and the led flash strobes on and off (again, once for each time I tried to get it to work).
This does not happen every single time though. Sometimes it behaves properly. Other times, it is super slow, but once it reacts, then I can make calls quickly until I let it sit untouched for a while. Then it gets all slow again.
I thought I'd try flushing the cache, but I cannot seem to find what cache I should flush. I can't find a dialer app, and the only other app that looks appropriate is the Dialer Storage app, but it does not have a cache I can flush.
Can anyone point me to a diagnostic tool that I can use to determine just what the phone is doing at this time? I have tried emailing myself the logs using log viewer, but they are huge and I can't seem to find anything there that I can sink my teeth into. Any help would be appreciated. My iPhone owning friends are becoming insufferable.
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have you tried a different modem( also use getril to match modem and ril)
slaphead20 said:
have you tried a different modem( also use getril to match modem and ril)
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Thanks for the quick reply. I didn't know what a ril was and did a little research. Fascinating.
As far as I can tell, and please bear with me since I am a complete noob here (though I am resonably facile with Linux), since I am running the original ROM, I don't have any influence over the RIL. Is that correct? I downloaded getril, but it says that my device (Verizon GS3) is not supported.
What is the text that would show up in a log if I made a call? I'm going to try and search the logs again, maybe that will tell me something,
Hey,
I've had my S6 Edge for about a month or two now. Never experienced any random reboots until today. I restarted it earlier today, and now it keeps restarting several times an hour. It most often restarts when I unlock it, after the screen has been off for some minutes. It also restarts if I browse the internet or browse Play Store. It reboots to the Samsung logo, then directly to my home screen. I don't have to enter any pin, unlike when I manually reboot it. The phone is not rooted and I haven't installed any apps in days. It seems like me restarting my phone triggered this.
Any ideas or suggestions? It's VERY frustrating, the phone is nearly useless as it is now. I can't use it for more than a couple of minutes before it reboots, losing everything I was doing.
I have tried wiping cache. Still restarting.
Thanks
Chainsmoker said:
Hey,
I've had my S6 Edge for about a month or two now. Never experienced any random reboots until today. I restarted it earlier today, and now it keeps restarting several times an hour. It most often restarts when I unlock it, after the screen has been off for some minutes. It also restarts if I browse the internet or browse Play Store. It reboots to the Samsung logo, then directly to my home screen. I don't have to enter any pin, unlike when I manually reboot it. The phone is not rooted and I haven't installed any apps in days. It seems like me restarting my phone triggered this.
Any ideas or suggestions? It's VERY frustrating, the phone is nearly useless as it is now. I can't use it for more than a couple of minutes before it reboots, losing everything I was doing.
I have tried wiping cache. Still restarting.
Thanks
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Try using it in safe mode. If the problem disappears you know it is a third party app
It doesn't restart in safe mode. I've uninstalled a bunch of apps but it doesn't stop restarting in normal mode anyway.
If the phone is fine in safe mode, it can't be anything but a 3rd party app causing problem?
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It doesn't restart in safe mode. I've uninstalled a bunch of apps but it doesn't stop restarting in normal mode anyway.
If the phone is fine in safe mode, it can't be anything but a 3rd party app causing problem?
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Safe mode is very similar to normal mode.
The difference is all non-system apps have been removed.
It is a mode put into all Samsung phones to diagnose issues that may show up.
It is a very basic, simple way to diagnose problems.
Since your issue disappears in safe mode, try uninstalling every app you have installed, then download them again, one by one
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Safe mode is very similar to normal mode.
The difference is all non-system apps have been removed.
It is a mode put into all Samsung phones to diagnose issues that may show up.
It is a very basic, simple way to diagnose problems.
Since your issue disappears in safe mode, try uninstalling every app you have installed, then download them again, one by one
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Thanks. It turned out to be a bad app, that I installed a week ago or so. Of course, it was the one app I didn't want to have to uninstall. Oh well, at least it doesn't reboot every other minute now.
Thanks for the help, much appreciated.
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Thanks. It turned out to be a bad app, that I installed a week ago or so. Of course, it was the one app I didn't want to have to uninstall. Oh well, at least it doesn't reboot every other minute now.
Thanks for the help, much appreciated.
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Can you please name that problematic app so that we also get aware of it ? Thanks.
techsammy said:
Can you please name that problematic app so that we also get aware of it ? Thanks.
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It was Casper, an alternative client for SnapChat.
I have the same problem but samsung service centre fixed it by changing the main board and battery.
I had only one restart and had phone over month
And it restarted bcos I was installing all apps at once from play store ?
Hey.
So I for the past month of so, my phone has been getting this weird issue where the network will suddenly cut and I'll be left with signal but no Data... It happens at very weird and pattern like intervals... What I mean is that it can happen when I'm using my phone. It can also happen on its own when my phone is in my pocket... Strange. If I manage to get home for example without it happening I can sometimes manage to turn on WiFi and the day afterwards when I leave Data still works. Now the only way I have found of fixing it is to Reboot my phone completely...
I have tried it on different Roms and even different Versions! So it seems to be a configuration problem? But I've wiped my phone between those Rom changes and I change quite often (Titanium, simply the best app on the entirr play store).
So it's very annoying and I can't figure out the pattern or what causes. I hope someone will be able to help.
Thanks!
+1 on that.
If anyone can elaborate, that would be very nice.
I've noticed over the past 2 weeks or so that all of a sudden the phone sometimes doesn't bother with the lock screen. I'll double tap to wake and it'll go right to the home screen (or to whatever app I was in last). This happens with or without notifications. I thought it was something caused by Evolve because it seemed to stop once I cleared data/froze it with Titanium but it's started back up again.
Running Android M, rooted, with Xposed. However, I have not installed any new modules or done any system updates during this time. All of the phone settings look correct, and are unchanged, and there isn't a setting for 'skip the lockscreen like 30% of the time' anyway.
Anyone have any ideas? Could it be an app causing this? I believe those are the only things that have been updated.
Something like Greenify?
Any ideas on where to start troubleshooting would help. Thanks.
Still fighting with this. Anyone else? Removed everything I could find that wasn't being used. Wiped data for lockscreen settings. Wiped cache/dalvik. At a loss here. It's really annoying!
Only thing I can think of is that Power Key Instantly Locks is turned off.
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Only thing I can think of is that Power Key Instantly Locks is turned off.
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it's on, and lock timer is set to immediately.
doesn't seem to have any relation to time. sometimes I'll pick the phone up after an hour and it'll go right in without the lock screen.
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it's on, and lock timer is set to immediately.
doesn't seem to have any relation to time. sometimes I'll pick the phone up after an hour and it'll go right in without the lock screen.
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Sorry, I don't have any other ideas. Maybe someone else can be better help.
Still driving me nuts. I thought I had solved it by turning off 'battery optimizations' for anything always-on/lock screen related but that wasn't the answer. Reflashed the rom, still having the issue. Might need to reflash with a full wipe I guess.
I'd rather just move to Nougat but I can't get xposed to work properly. Life is hard haha.
in case anyone finds this thread when dealing with the same issue: Android Wear was the culprit. wakelock detector pointed me in that direction and once i uninstalled it, the problem stopped immediately and has not returned.